<em>The Hill's</em> Jeff Young Bids Farewell and Prepares for Bloomberg

Scribes and friends gathered Tuesday night at Post Pub for The Hill's health care guru Jeff Young's going away party. A list of those who turned up last night: Young's brother, Tim, his girlfriend, Sommer Mathis (who writes the DCist). Only co-workers and former co-workers were invited. (Full Disclosure: I worked with Young for many years and was invited to the soiree. So this post is going to be free of snark because I don't have a bad thing to say about the guy.) Jim Snyder, Roxana Tiron, Ian Swanson, Alex Bolton, JT Rushing, Jordan Fabian, Kevin Bogardus, Walter Alarkon, Kim Hart, Sean Miller, Emily Goodin, Sam Youngman, and Silla Brush. Representing The Hill's alumni were Greenwire's Mike Soraghan and The Atlantic's Chris Good. Remarked Young: "My once-and-future colleague Patrick O'Connor broke my heart -- not for the first time -- by failing to show up and there's a special place reserved in hell for Jared Allen, who brushed it off to go play sports or something." Young reflected on his time at the newspaper. "It's been a hell of a ride these past five years, capped off the a year-plus of health care reform insanity," he wrote to FishbowlDC. "Mostly, there are some people I'm going to miss when I'm gone. (On a smaller scale, I'm really going to miss my Mac and will have to suffer Windows for the first time in years.) "At the same time, there are only two people left in this news room, not counting Hugo [Gurdon] and Bob [Cusack], who've been here longer than I have. That alone might be a sign that it's time to try something new. I'm also very excited about what we've got cooking at Bloomberg and I can't wait to get started." We wish Young the best in his new job.

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The Hill's Jeff Young Bids Farewell and Prepares for Bloomberg

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